Diets & Weight Maintenance Support Group

Chat about how well your latest diet is -- or is not -- working. This group is a great place to find support and accountability as well as share success stories and valuable lessons with the community. From where to start to weekly weigh-ins, get help from others to reach your dieting and weight maintenance goals.

Newbie here

Hi - I am new to this group. I belong to a couple other DS groups and really find this site to be wonderful.

I am 68 and have been overweight for overf 20 years. A few years ago I joined WW's and went sporadically . Last year I really got serious and have lost 46 lbs. I am losing awfully slow, but regularly. At my age that is OK with me. Old skin does not shrink back like young skin. So slow is better. I would like to lost at least 40 more lbs... or a little more if I can.

A few years ago it finally got through my thick head ( kind of an epiphany) that all the hand-wringing, beating myself up, the
500 excuses , waiting for a miracle , was not going to get the weight off. I had to eat less - move more.

Still it was another year before I finally got the scale moving.
I joined WW's. I keep a daily food journal ( boy was that an eye-opener) !

I follow the WW plan and make a big effort to exercise every day.
My losses have been small every week - but pretty steady.
I have stopped going to WW a couple times ( it is expensive) but can't seem to do it on my own. I think it is getting weighed in front
of someone that makes it more &quot;official&quot; for me.

I recently dropped a clothing size and was happy to clear out my
closet of the too big things. Now that I am retired I don't need
so many clothes and hope to keep my closet trimmed down as well.
My motivation is - I want to live longer and be healthy.

I am so sorry I wasted so many years thinking I couldn't lose and waiting for a magic wand to make the fat disappear.
It breaks my heart to think how I watched life from the sidelines instead of participating in it.

I am proof that a &quot;diet queen&quot; can finally do it. It is not easy but it is possible.

Welcome....Always room for one more friend! Congrats on your fantastic weight loss. I decided last year at age 69 that enough was enough and have lost 35# and am now working at maintaining so it does not return.
Great to have you in our group!

Welcome to the group I too go by the WW point system but I don't belong to WW now. I have belonged to TOPS for about 5 years now. Only $26 a year and much more fun. You go on your own diet and if you what to change your diet, you can. You also don't have to pay for any missed meetings.

I want to lose weight and I have been trying to diet for awhile now and nothing seems to work. I am gluten free and dairy free. Can anyone recommend a diet that actually works?

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